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Uncovering Beringia: The Lost Continent
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Lost Cause: Chattel Slavery and Corroborating Evidence (Grades 9-12) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This is the 2nd of 3 lessons that help students learn about the nuances of romanticized myth and incomplete histories in western North Carolina (WNC). In this lesson, students will dive into different claims, myths, and studies about chattel slavery in WNC. Despite old myths claiming WNC was uninvested in chattel slavery, evidence points to a different history. Students will use historical evidence to understand the impact of chattel slavery and forced migration on WNC.
The Lost Cause: Colonization, Chattel Slavery, and Migration (Grades 9-12) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson addresses the migratory history of western North Carolina and the myths about the region. Migration from the South Carolina Lowlands to the mountains of western North Carolina created many racial, economic and spiritual changes for everyone in the region. Wealth brought new development along with increased hierarchical discrimination and social practices. As many summer homes were built there were far more enslaved and free laborers who made the migration possibl
The Lost Cause: Slave Narratives in Western North Carolina (Grades 9-12) Lesson 3 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This is the 3rd of 3 lessons that help students learn about the nuances of romanticized myth and incomplete histories in western North Carolina (WNC). This lesson enables high school students to analyze the Lost Cause narrative that rose after the Civil War. Students will use primary and secondary sources to study the foundations of the Lost Cause revisionist history, from racism to regionalism. Students will develop analytical skills to study history that still divides the American people.
Roger Williams’ "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience"
- Type: Primary Sources
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What Caused the War of 1812? Modified Lesson Plan for Students with Special Needs
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson is intended to be used to supplement the War of 1812 Curriculum developed by the Friends of Fort McHenry.
Women and the Manhattan Project
A Few Good Colonists
Erosion: Washing Away the Earth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Erosion can be a major issue. It is caused by a number of factors, both manmade and natural. The effects of erosion are very evident on Arctic coastal villages that are experiencing storm surges and no longer have the added protection of longer lasting sea ice. Research indicates that both the storm surges and lost of sea ice are the result of climate change.
Exploring Climate Science: Climate Change
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Archeology at Fort Stanwix, On-Site Education Program
Field Trip in a Box: Geology
American Revolution Soldier
Project ZAP! Blackstone River Cleanup
The Blame Game - Pima (O'odham) Rebellion of 1751
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
“What caused the Upper Pima (O’odham) Rebellion?” Students will encounter various answers to the essential question through the close reading and study of several primary and secondary sources. Students will have the opportunity to understand the impact of the Spanish mission system on native peoples and to investigate some of the causes of the rebellion.
The Work of Water
Old Spanish Trail Road Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
We’re off on a grand adventure: a road trip across the famous Old Spanish Trail! The Old Spanish Trail was an arduous 1,200 mile route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, which served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe each fall and returned from California each spring with goods, mules, and horses. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by difficult topography and climatic extremes.